[Gllug] [OT-ish] Identifying some old hardware

[Richard Cottrill]

Ahh those long ago days of scumming other people's cast-offs are coming 
back to me in vivid colour.

Dylan wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I've been turning through my cellar and found a few things I need help ID-ing:
> 
> A) Serial card (I think) It doesn't turn up on the FCC database (not that 
> that's too much use anyway) It has a 9-pin D male and 25-pin D female, and a 
> UM82450 - hence I figure it's a serial card. Apart from the FCC ID the only 

Sounds right on the money.

> number is D10-500 REV 6. Is it likely to work if I just drop it in an ISA 
> slot, and find the appropriate module. There are two banks of 8 DIPswitches - 
> I figure these are for setting the IRQ's - would I be right in that?

16 DIP switches is a lot; but there seem to be an interminable number of 
options for old serial cards. I'd start by writing down the 
configuration they start in; assume it's a standard configuration and 
set kernel options appropriately - see if it just works. I'm not sure 
how Linux goes at finding odd configurations. It is possible to 
systematically fiddle, test, make note, fiddle, etc... It's 
time-consuming; but I've done it when I had more time than money.

Hope this helps a little,

Richard



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